Ash-receptacle.



W. C. WEFEL.

ASH RECEPTACLE.

APPLICATION HLED JULY 20,1915.

1,203,289. Patented Oct 31,1916.

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WILLIAM. C. WEFEL, OF DENVER, COLORADO;

ASH-RECEPTACLE.

Application filed July 20, 1915.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WVILLIAM C. WEFEL, acitizen of the United States, residing at Denver, in the county ofDenver and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Asl1-Receptacles, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in ash receptacles of the type usedin furnace rooms for the temporary storage of ashes, and its primaryobject is to provide a vessel of this character which is provided withsimple and easily operated means for discharging its contents into theopening of an ash pit while closing the same against the escape of ashesexteriorly of the pit.

The ordinary method of emptying the ashes from a receptacle into theopening at the top of the ash pit is usually a source of annoyance, asthe slightest wind will blow the ashes away from the opening andfrequently onto the body and face of the person performing theoperation. By the use of my improved ash receptacle, this annoyance iscompletely evaded, and the work of emptying the receptacle is at thesame time lightened inasmuch as my improved construction permits of thedischarge of the contents of the receptacle while it remains in anupright position.

An embodiment of my invention is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings in the various views of which like parts are similarlydesignated and in which,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved ash receptacle, Fig. 2, avertical axial section of the same, and Fig. 3, a transverse sectiontaken along the line 33, Fig. 1.

Referring more specifically to the drawings, the reference character 2designates a receptacle of cylindrical form, provided as usual withhandles 3 and a bail 4 and closed at its top by means of a cover 5.

The circumferential wall 6 of the receptacle which is open at its lowerend, has interiorly an inwardly flaring flange 7 which constitutes ahopper to direct the contents of the receptacle into an opening overwhich it is placed.

The bottom of the receptacle is composed of a pair of flaps 8 which arehinged for movement about a common axis extending diametrically withrelation to its wall. The

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flaps which normally close the lower end of the hopper and therebyprovide a bottom for the support of the contents of the receptacle, areheld in place by a pair of resilient catches 9 secured exteriorly and atopposite points of the inwardly flaring flange. Pull rods 10 connectedwith the catches, extend through openings in the wall of the receptacleand are provided with knobs 12 to facilitate their outward movement whenit is desired to withdraw the catches for the purpose of releasing theflaps. The flaps are provided at their adjoining edges with integralhinge-knuckles which are axially alined to receive the pintles 13, whichare rigidly secured to the flaps by suitable means such as set screws 14shown in Fig. 3. The pintles are extended through openings in thecylindrical wall of the receptacle and their outer portions are bent atright angles exteriorly of the same to provide handles 15 by means ofwhich the flaps may be returned to their normal closing position afterthe contents of the receptacle have been discharged.

The receptacle may be provided with an external flange as shown at 19for its support over ash pit openings which in diameter exceed thecircumferential surface of the receptacle.

In operation the receptacle is placed in an upright position over theopening in the top of the ash pit thereby separating the same from thesurrounding atmosphere. By withdrawing the catches through the medium ofthe pull rods 10, the flaps forced downwardly by the weight of thecontents of the receptacle, are permitted to drop and the ashes are, inconsequence, discharged through the hopper 7 into the ash pit withoutthe possibility of their escape exteriorly of the same.

Having thus described my improved ash receptacle in the best form atpresent known to me, it will be readily understood that' modificationsin the construction and arrangement of its parts may be resorted towithin the spirit of my invention as defined in the following claim.

A portable ash-receptacle including a hollow open-ended body, a bottomnormally closing the same at a point between its ends and adapted toopen by the weight of matter supported thereon, a flange on said body Intestimony whereof I have afiixed my adapted to lag over an edge off anoopelning signature in presence of two Witnesses.

in which the ower portion 0 the 0 y is inserted, means for holding saidbottom in WVILLIAM WEFEL its normal position, and means for releasing\Vitnesses:

the same at a point eXteriorly of the body G. J. ROLLANDET,

and above its said flange. M. C. BRADLEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents;

Washington, D. C.

